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Idaho lawmakers first passed legislation in 2023 allowing for the firing squad as a means of execution if drugs are unavailable, or lethal injection is found to be unconstitutional.
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Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
Idaho will soon use a firing squad to carry out the death penalty — the only state to shoot prisoners to death as its primary method of execution.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 17 July 2025
In Indonesia, drug smugglers are sometimes executed by way of a firing squad.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
Short of firing squads and nationalizing much of the economy (see: Russia, 1917; Cuba, 1959), the only possible answer is massive, confiscatory taxes.
—Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
Idaho will soon use a firing squad to carry out the death penalty — the only state to shoot prisoners to death as its primary method of execution.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 17 July 2025
In Indonesia, drug smugglers are sometimes executed by way of a firing squad.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
Short of firing squads and nationalizing much of the economy (see: Russia, 1917; Cuba, 1959), the only possible answer is massive, confiscatory taxes.
—Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firing squad
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The north was expected to be America’s rear guard, a place where values like democracy and women’s rights might have taken hold.—
Azam Ahmed,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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And assassins from a coalition of all the local indigenous tribes — out for blood over the murder of Jimmy the Creek, one of their own, last episode — slit the throats of Ming’s rear guard.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Extinguishing their patrol lights and flipping on their headlamps, the Slaughterhouse men patrolled the canals with shotguns cocked, leaping from the boat to grab their dead and pursue their wounded through the canebrake.—
Nathaniel Rich,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Last November, the Russian military deployed this type of bomber for a joint patrol over the Sea of Japan with Chinese bombers.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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Will Smith is filming a music video in Los Angeles on Friday, despite a picket organized by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
23 May 2025
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More pickets are planned at a handful of supermarkets.—
Pat Maio,
Oc Register,
8 June 2025
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Following the success of its Buenos Aires and Miami Beach siblings, the New York outpost of Alan Faena’s chic hotel group will be big, bold and brash.—
Jennifer Kester,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The area is sparsely populated, with fishing as its primary industry, while also serving as a strategic outpost for Russia in the North Pacific.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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Rows of lights stood like sentries above, adorned with flat visors that guided the glow onto the action.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Twin Cities,
21 Aug. 2025
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The Clock Is Ticking On CISA Leadership The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is the nation’s digital sentry.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
27 July 2025
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Republican Governor Tate Reeves speaks with supporters during an election night watch party at the Refuge Hotel & Conference Center in Flowood, Mississippi, on November 7, 2023.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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The weather service issues a flash flood watch when flash flooding is possible.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Firing squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firing%20squad. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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